The Creator

We now turn our thoughts to the Creator himself. We choose our finest words to give thanks and greetings to Him. He has prepared all things on Earth for our peace of mind. Then He said, “I will now prepare a place for myself where no one will know my face, but I will be listening and keeping watch on the people moving about the Earth. And indeed, we see that all things are faithful to their duties as He instructed them. We will therefore gather our minds into one and give thanks to the Creator. Now our minds are one. 

(The final stanza of a 17-part Thanksgiving address sent by the Mohawk Nation and Haudenosaunee [Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Mohawk, and Cayuga Nations] Grand Council to the Fourth Russell Tribunal in the Netherlands in 1980)